Record single by George McCrae: "Rock Your Baby" (1974)

The music that came roaring out of Miami during the 1970’s is typically regarded as disco. Whatever it was, “Rock Your Baby,” the title track from the debut album by George McCrae, led the charge.

By the Seventies, the USA’s major centers for R&B and Soul music had shifted geographically. New York and Philadelphia continued to thrive. But Detroit (Motown) moved west, Chicago and Memphis returned to classic blues, and New Orleans became more locally focused. (During the Eighties, Minneapolis emerged as a dominant center for R&B.)

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Peter Armstrong was a playlist manager and the on-air voice of “Dr. Zik” at a college radio station for nearly 20 years. He has also been a serious collector of recorded music for nearly 40 years. His personal music collection has grown from regular visits to many of the most famous record and music stores on the USA’s East, West, and Gulf Coast. The collection contains thousands of albums and singles in vinyl, CD, and MP3 format, and includes vast selections from the genres of pop, rock, R & B, jazz, rap, folk, country, and
classical music.